Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Trustee Council Public Meeting September 28, 2016
• Welcome and Introduction • Trustee Council Update • Restoration Area Updates • Your Comments
Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Kelly Samek Gunter Guy Gary Rikard Johnny Robin Bradberry Riechers DOI EPA NOAA USDA Cindy Dohner Gale Bonanno Chris Doley Ann Mills
Trustee Council Update
Phases I – V Early Restoration Oil Spill plans approved April Apr 2011 2016 Feb April April 2016 2012 2010 Framework Agreement w/ BP Settlement: $1 B for Early Restoration Additional $7.8 B in Natural Resource Damages
$8.8 Billion for Natural Resources Damages $7.1 billion for new restoration projects $1.0 billion for early restoration Up to $700 million for unknown conditions and adaptive management
Trustee Trustee Implementation Individual Council Groups Trustee Agencies Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Region- Open Florida Unknown wide Ocean Conditions Trustees for Trustees for Trustee for Trustees Trustees for for and Texas Louisiana Mississippi Florida All Trustees Federal Federal Federal Federal Alabama Federal Trustees Adaptive Trustees Trustees Trustees Federal Trustees Mgm’t Trustees All Trustees
• Website redesign supports governance • Standard Operating Procedures completed • Monitoring and Adaptive Management manual under development • DIVER public information updated
Restoration Area Updates
Alabama Restoration Area
Amy Hunter, Alabama Department of Conservation and • Natural Resources Seth Newton, Geological Survey of Alabama • Dan Van Nostrand, National Oceanic and Atmospheric • Administration Ben Frater, Department of the Interior • Chris Parker, Environmental Protection Agency • Ron Howard, U.S. Department of Agriculture •
Past Present Future $117 Million Committed for $179 Million Available for Continue Restoration Early Restoration Projects Future Restoration Planning Planning Marsh Island Restoration Continued Wetlands, Coastal and • • • AL Dune Restoration Implementation of Early Nearshore Habitats; • Living Shorelines Restoration Projects Habitat Projects on • Shell Belt and Coden Federally Managed Lands • Belt Roads Alabama TIG Restoration • Point aux Pins Plan I (Recreational Use) Nutrient Reduction • • Swift Tract • AL Oyster Cultch Alabama TIG Restoration Fish and Water Column • • • Restoration Plan II (Ecological Invertebrates, Sea Restoring the Night Sky Restoration) Turtles, Marine Mammals, • (Sea Turtles) Birds, Oysters AL Osprey Restoration • Gulf State Park • Enhancement Project
Florida Restoration Area
• Mimi Drew, Florida Department of Environmental Protection • Kelly Samek, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission • Ben Frater, Department of the Interior • Cecelia Harper, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Laurie Rounds, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Past Present Future Early Restoration Initial restoration Next step – public Phase Amount types proposed proposes project via FL TIG webinar ideas for initial Phase I $5,653,153 held 8/25/16 restoration types Phase II $2,835,000 Phase III $90,337,704 Phase IV $136,700 Phase V $45,415,573
Louisiana Restoration Area
Johnny Bradberry, Louisiana • Colette Charbonneau, Department of the Interior • Mel Landry, National Oceanic and Atmospheric • Administration • Brad Crawford, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Past Present Future Early Restoration Early Restoration Phase I Phase III Focus on long-term • sustainable restoration LA Oyster Cultch Project LA Outer Coast • • of Louisiana Restoration Project Lake Hermitage Marsh LA Marine Fisheries • • Restoring Wetlands, Creation Project Enhancem’t, Research, & • Coastal and Nearshore Science Center Habitats Post-settlement Drafting first restoration • Consistent with LA • plan with focus on Coastal Master Plan coastal habitat/marshes, bird injuries and federally-managed lands
Mississippi Restoration Area
• Gary Rikard, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality • Jon Hemming, Department of the Interior • Dan Van Nostrand, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Troy Pierce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Past Present Future Phase 1 Early Phases III & IV Early 2016-17 TIG Restoration Restoration restoration focus INFINITY Wetlands, Coastal and Mississippi Oyster Cultch • • • Nearshore Habitats Restoration Pascagoula Beachfront • Promenade Nutrient Reduction Mississippi Artificial Reef • • (Nonpoint Source) Habitat Hancock County Living • Shoreline Birds • Popp’s Ferry Causeway • Park Restoring Living • Shorelines and Reefs in Mississippi Estuaries
Texas Restoration Area
• Don Pitts, Texas Parks and Wildlife • Richard Seiler, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality • Angela Sunley, Texas General Land Office • Chip Wood, Department of the Interior • Jamie Schubert, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Doug Jacobson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Past Present Future E arly Restoration - $59M Texas Rookery Islands Solicitation for Draft restoration plan/ • • • Freeport Artificial Reef additional environmental • Projects restoration projects assessment Galveston Island State • Park Beach March 2017 - • Redevelopment anticipated release of Matagorda Artificial Reef • draft for public Project comment Mid/Upper Texas Coast • Artificial Reef Ship Reef Project Sea Rim State Park • Improvements
Open Ocean Restoration Area
• Ashley Mills, Department of the Interior • Kristopher Benson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Gale Bonanno, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Past Present Future 5 Early Restoration Draft restoration plan • Projects: $42 million Asking for public – projected fall 2017 Fish and Water feedback on projects for • Column Invertebrates specific restoration types Public meeting – late • – late fall 2016 2016 Provide and Enhance • Recreational Opportunities
Region-wide Restoration Area
Amy Hunter, Alabama • Kelly Samek, Florida • Michael Ellis, Louisiana • Marc Wyatt, Mississippi • Angela Sunley, Texas • Colette Charbonneau, Department of the Interior • Jamie Schubert, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: • Michele Laur, U.S. Department of Agriculture • Tim Landers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency •
Past Present Future In Coordination with Trustee Sea Turtle Restoration Restoration Gap • • Council Observation Enhanced Management • Lead Administrative of Avian Breeding • Trustee assistance to Habitat Injured by Council and all TIGs Response Activities Cross-TIG Monitoring & Improving habitat • • Adaptive Management Injured by Spill Response Workgroup – Restoring the Night Sky Strategic Frameworks for • Marine Mammals, Birds, Oysters Restoration Types
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